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Home inspectors in Crawford County, IA
The home inspectors in Crawford County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $84.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,341 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 32
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 16,237
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Crawford County comes to about $84.5M a year: $13,341 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.
There is 1 home inspector on map listings in Crawford County as of September 2026. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in Crawford County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Crawford County declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 home inspector on map listings, Crawford County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Crawford County compares
The same measures for Iowa and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Crawford County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 32 | 100 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 27,411 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.7% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,341 | $14,016 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $67,027 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 0The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Crawford County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Crawford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,237−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 6,331
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 714 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $67,027+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,726
- Median home value
- $153,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,697
- Daytime population
- 14,730Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Crawford County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnson County, IA | 50 | 5 | 0.8 | 69 | +4.6% | #200 of 415 |
| 2Polk County, IA | 45 | 16 | 0.8 | 72 | +4.8% | #243 of 415 |
| 3Linn County, IA | 31 | 9 | 0.9 | 58 | +0.7% | #352 of 415 |
| Crawford County, IA | Not scored | 1 | 1.6 | 32 | −1.5% |
Other business types in Crawford County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Crawford County, IA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 home inspector in Crawford County. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Crawford County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Crawford County, IA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $84.5M a year, or $13,341 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money home inspectors take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,331 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Crawford County, IA compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Crawford County has 1 home inspector on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate.
How fast is Crawford County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Crawford County at 16,237 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,331 households. The median household income in Crawford County is $67,027 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Crawford County has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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